Unit 76

they might

10 occurrences in 9 verses

Helaman 3:9, 11,

Helaman 5:18, 22, 37,

Helaman 6:17, 22, 23, 28

Helaman 3:9

And the people who were in the land northward

did dwell in tents, and in houses of cement,

and they did suffer whatsoever tree should spring up upon the face of the land

that it should grow up,

that in time they might have timber to build their houses,

yea, their cities, and their temples, and their synagogues, and their sanctuaries,

and all manner of their buildings.

Helaman 3:11

And thus they did enable the people in the land northward

that they might build many cities, both of wood and of cement.

Helaman 5:18

And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did preach unto the Lamanites

with such great power and authority,

for they had power and authority given unto them that they might speak,

and they also had what they should speak given unto them—

Helaman 5:22

And after they had been cast into prison many days without food,

behold, they went forth into the prison to take them

that they might slay them.

Helaman 5:37

And it came to pass that this man did cry unto the multitude,

that they might turn and look.

And behold, there was power given unto them

that they did turn and look;

and they did behold the faces of Nephi and Lehi.

Helaman 6:17

For behold, the Lord had blessed them so long with the riches of the world

that they had not been stirred up to anger, to wars, nor to bloodshed;

therefore they began to set their hearts upon their riches;

yea, they began to seek to get gain

that they might be lifted up one above another;

therefore they began to commit secret murders, and to rob and to plunder,

that they might get gain.

Helaman 6:22

And it came to pass that they did have their signs,

yea, their secret signs, and their secret words;

and this that they might distinguish a brother

who had entered into the covenant,

that whatsoever wickedness his brother should do

he should not be injured by his brother,

nor by those who did belong to his band,

who had taken this covenant.

Helaman 6:23

And thus they might murder, and plunder, and steal,

and commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness,

contrary to the laws of their country and also the laws of their God.

Helaman 6:28

And also it is that same being who put it into the hearts of the people

to build a tower sufficiently high that they might get to heaven.

And it was that same being

who led on the people who came from that tower into this land;

who spread the works of darkness and abominations

over all the face of the land,

until he dragged the people down

to an entire destruction, and to an everlasting hell.